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Wednesday, February 29, 2012Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed CLE by 12 at halftime and won 120–103.

Final
OKC92
PHI88
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC +5; Q3 OKC -4; Q4 OKC +4
Final
ORL102
WAS95
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +7
Final
GSW85
ATL82
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +3
Final
MIL96
BOS102
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +6
Final
CHA94
DET109
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +15; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +15
Final
CLE103
NYK120
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK -12; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +17
Final
DAL85
MEM96
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM -2; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +11
Final
TOR95
NOH84
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR -7; Q4 TOR +11
Final
POR95
DEN104
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +9
Final
CHI96
SAS89
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI -1; Q4 CHI +7
Final
HOU83
UTA104
Q1 UTA -8; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +21
Final
MIN85
LAL104
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +24; Q4 LAL +19
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · CLE @ NYK

New York rallies from 12 down to beat Cleveland

Trailing by 12 at the half, New York outscored the Cavaliers 71–42 the rest of the way. Final: 120–103. Carmelo Anthony led New York with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-12+2+17NYK AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE31301923103
NYK24253338120
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 26, 26, 11, 2, 11, 15, 19, 22NYK22 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jeremy LinPoints, last 10 games: 38, 20, 27, 10, 26, 28, 21, 17, 8, 19NYK19 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 34, 20, 13, 13, 21, 32, 22, 8, 23CLE23 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 16, 22, 17, 23, 25, 6, 24, 22CLE22 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Utah by 21.

GSW over ATL3OKC over PHI4BOS over MIL6ORL over WAS7CHI over SAS7DEN over POR9MEM over DAL11TOR over NOH11DET over CHA15NYK over CLE17LAL over MIN19UTA over HOU21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.6Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 34 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.0 in 25 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 0 points, 15 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

John Wall leads the day with 33

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 9, 29, 18, 24, 10, 21, 19, 33WAS vs ORL · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 34, 27, 10, 36, 32, 28, 15, 24, 31LAL vs MIN · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 23, 25, 36, 16, 16, 0, 17, 29DET vs CHA · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 35, 18, 32, 26, 4, 6, 23, 16, 32, 29CHI @ SAS · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 5, 3, 4, 3, 13, 6, 13, 27UTA vs HOU · W
9.7 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 7, 23, 14, 29, 15, 15, 13, 25MIL @ BOS · L
10.9 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Jeremy LinNYK+6.8 21.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+6.1 17.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Channing FryePHX+5.2 14.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Arron AfflaloDEN+5.1 17.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Tony ParkerSAS+4.9 24.0 last 10 · 19.1 season
Cold
LeBron JamesMIA−4.3 23.1 last 10 · 27.4 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.3 17.2 last 10 · 21.5 season
Stephen JacksonMIL−3.9 6.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Byron MullensCHA−3.9 5.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Anthony MorrowNJN−3.9 9.1 last 10 · 13.0 season